''Clavatula matthiasi'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Clavatulidae
Clavatulidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. The family is not well differentiated morphologically.
Clavatulidae was raised, based on cladistic analysis, from subfamily to the family ...
.
Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off
Angola.
References
External links
A study on the true identity of Clavatula martensi von Maltzan, 1883 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Clavatulidae) resulting in the description of a new species, Clavatula matthiasi; Neptunea 7 (1), January 2008
Endemic fauna of Angola
matthiasi
Gastropods described in 2008
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